118 STAT. 1869 PUBLIC LAW 108–375—OCT. 28, 2004 ‘‘(C) on full time National Guard duty.’’. (2) Paragraph (7) of such section is amended by striking ‘‘Reserve or retired officers’’ and inserting ‘‘Retired officers’’. (h) ACTIVE GUARD AND RESERVE FIELD GRADE OFFICER STRENGTH ACCOUNTING.—Paragraph (2) of section 12011(e) of such title is amended to read as follows: ‘‘(2) Full time National Guard duty (other than for training) under section 502(f) of title 32, except for duty under section 115(b)(1)(B) and (C) of this title and section 115(i)(9) of this title.’’. (i) WARRANT OFFICER ACTIVE DUTY LIST EXCLUSION.—Para graph (1) of section 582 of such title is amended to read as follows: ‘‘(1) Reserve warrant officers— ‘‘(A) on active duty as authorized under section 115(a)(1)(B) or 115(b)(1) of this title, or excluded from counting for active duty end strengths under section 115(i) of this title; or ‘‘(B) on full time National Guard duty.’’. (j) OFFICER ACTIVE DUTY LIST, APPLICABILITY OF CHAPTER.— Paragraph (1) of section 641 of such title is amended to read as follows: ‘‘(1) Reserve officers— ‘‘(A) on active duty authorized under section 115(a)(1)(B) or 115(b)(1) of this title, or excluded from counting for active duty end strengths under section 115(i) of this title; ‘‘(B) on active duty under section 3038, 5143, 5144, 8038, 10211, 10301 through 10305, 10502, 10505, 10506(a), 10506(b), 10507, or 12402 of this title or section 708 of title 32; or ‘‘(C) on full time National Guard duty.’’. (k) STRENGTH ACCOUNTING FOR MEMBERS PERFORMING DRUG INTERDICTION AND COUNTER DRUG ACTIVITIES.—Section 112 of title 32, United States Code, is amended— (1) by striking subsection (e); (2) by redesignating subsections (f), (g), (h) and (i) as sub sections (e), (f), (g) and (h) respectively; and (3) in paragraph (1) of subsection (e), as redesignated by paragraph (2), by striking ‘‘for a period of more than 180 days’’ each place it appears. (l) REPORT.—Not later than June 1, 2005, the Secretary of Defense shall report to the Committee on Armed Services of the Senate and the Committee on Armed Services of the House of Representatives the Secretary’s recommendations regarding the exemptions provided in paragraphs (8) through (11) by section 115(i) of title 10, United States Code, as amended by this section. The recommendations shall address the manner in personnel cov ered by those exemptions shall be accounted for in authorizations provided by section 115 of such title. The objective of the analysis should be to terminate the need for such exemptions after Sep tember 30, 2006. (m) REGULATIONS.—The Secretary of Defense shall prescribe by regulation the meaning of the term ‘‘operational support’’ for purposes of paragraph (1) of subsection (b) of section 115 of title 10, United States Code, as added by subsection (a). 10 USC 115 note.
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